Hello, mates!
This guide's goal is fairly simple: to help my fellow truck drivers express their artistic selves by teaching you the basics of properly taking screenshots and even some mods to help you boost their potential by improving graphics.
I hope you'll enjoy, and sorry for any mistakes, it's my first guide!

Firstly, scaling. It can be found under the Options -> Graphics tab. Press "Advanced Graphics" if you haven't done so previously and there you have the scaling adjustment option.
What this does is basically adding more overall scenery on-screen, for better screenshot results. Be warned, tough, it is performance-hungry. In my opinion, anything above 200% will guarantee fine results.

Then, for both immersion and screenshots, I'd reccomend tweaking the probability of rain, found under the Options -> Gameplay tab.
This will (you guessed it) change the weather algorithm based on how high you set it. Be sure to have functioning wipers, mates.

I must start by saying, don't do THIS:
HUD is still there, it's taken from inside the truck, it's overall ugly.

Even if the camera is outside of the truck:
It is still hideous, don't lie.Taking them using the good old F12 simply isn't enough in this game, even if you remove the HUD.

Don't fret! For all your problems, I present to you Photo Mode, the proper way of taking screenshots in Euro Truck Simulator 2.

So, how does it work? Simple! When you come across a scene that you consider has good screenshot potential, just pause the game (Esc) and look for your Personal Status on the right side of the screen, and choose Photo Studio:




















Then, this option menu should appear:

• The Image Spotlight lets you browse pictures shared on World Of Trucks, for inspiration.
  
• The Screenshot Manager is the tool you are going to upload your screenshots to World Of Trucks, if you wish so, once we are done taking them (I'll explain it in one of the next sections).
  
• And finally, Photo Mode is your all-in-one cinematic camera control mode for taking the GOOD screenshots.

Click on it, and you should be prompted with a screen that looks something like this:

Let's dive right in! Most of these are basic knowledge for users of software regarding image manipulation, but for anyone out there that's confused by these settings, I'll give you the proper examples and situations for each of them.

I'll explain the options, one by one:















In the first tab, you are met with the Field of View slider. This determines how much scenery your camera can take into one screenshot. Without changing the initial position of the camera, here are the comparisons:

FOV- Mid

FOV- Min

FOV- Max

Then, you'll see the Depth of Field category. They are all centered around the overall bluriness of the image. They allow you to tweak the intensity of the blur, soften or harden the transition to clear areas and change the focus zone (determine where the blur starts and stops).

After that, there is the second tab:













This mostly goes around the colour pallete of your screenshot.

Firstly, Saturation will either make your image a lot more colourful and vibrant or turn it black and white. Adjust this depending on what kind of feeling you want your screenshot to give off:

Saturation- Mid

Saturation- Min

Saturation-Max

Lastly, there are the Color Balance sliders, which you're free to play around with depending on what part of your screenshot you want to draw the most attention towards, here are some examples:

• If you want the vegetation to be more colourful, adjust the slider towards green.
  
• If you want the sky to be more colourful, adjust the slider 1 or 2 times (very slightly) towards blue and more towards cyan.

And so on.

All of the images below are taken by me (yes, I know they're not the best):

You might have noticed, my game may not look the same as yours. It's not the graphics options that I chose, but the mods I installed.

Currently I am using a combo of Fael Environment v2.8;


















And Graphic Mod v2.1;


















With this load order priority:













Both of them can be found on the Steam Workshop and produce amazing environments in this combo.
The explanation is that Graphic Mod v2.1 is a complete graphic retexture, while Fael Environment simply excels at vegetation textures, so my load order prioritizes Fael first, basically letting it overwrite the vegetation textures of Graphic Mod and producing the results seen in my screenshots.

Now that you're happy with the screenshot you have taken, you will go back to the Photo Studio and choose Screenshot Manager.


Once you've done so, select a screenshot you're pleased with then choose Upload to Selected Slot. That's it!

Now, if you'll check your World of Trucks profile on the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ site, the image has been uploaded there.

P.S: I don't know why my ETS 2 stats aren't updated but, oh well.

I really hope this guide has been helpful to you!

Don't forget to leave a rate and maybe even a favourite if it helped, and all the screenshots used here and more are on my profile if anyone needs inspiration. If there are any problems or there's something you don't understand, feel free to add me or comment on my profile and we'll try to solve your issue togheter.

Happy trucking!